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A lot has been said about the cholera epidemic of 1832 but not a lot about the epidemic of 1854. I discovered today

I have a relative who died in this epidemic and is buried in the General cemetery in an unmarked grave,public grave

It is a sad story she was only 26 and lived at a place called Sheaf island.

Does anyone know anything about Sheaf Island?

I would be very interested in any information on the epidemic and Sheaf Island

Thanks

The 1854 cholera outbeak must have been the last one to affect Sheffield as it was in that year in London that there was an outbreak of the disease that was confined to a very small area (Broad Street) which drew water from a communal well, and the work of John Snow proved that the disease was transmitted through contaminated water. It was not long after that the microbe responsible was identified and the treatment of drinking water by sterilisation and chlorination become standard practice on the grounds of public health. In Britain at least, cholera was eradicated. However, says he pre-empting red nose day by a week, in some countries, especially poor African countries, it remains a serious, potentially fatal disease to this day.

The first case of cholera that occurred in Sheffield, in September last year, was in Brown Street, situate in a low part of the town, in the vicinity of a large open sewer. It was in this same locality that the epidemic raged with the greatest violence in its previous visitations.

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A Newspaper account October 7th says there had been 173 deaths. Outside Sheffield the village of Wickersley was badly hit. Probably the reason for flare ups were British troops bringing it back. It was particularily bad in Ireland.

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Presumably the people and firms living and operating on Sheaf Island had to be compensated when the Midland Station was built, just like now with the HS2 creation. So there must have been records of this. It would answer lots of questions for anyone interested in anybody operating or living on Sheaf Island.